Arnitel® VT3112

Extrusion Grade, Highly Breathable, Food Contact Quality, Drying of Material Required

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General Information

Arnitel® is a high-performance ThermoPlastic Copolyester (TPC) that offers you a unique combination of flexibility, high temperature resistance and strength - plus excellent processing characteristics.
In industries ranging from automotive to E&E, Arnitel® is increasingly being as a lighter, smarter, greener alternative to conventional rubbers – reducing environmental impact and ultimately, system costs.
The product is supported by an experienced and knowledgeable global team continuously working on new ideas and applications, as well as exploring new markets. By listening to your needs and understanding your process and products, we develop solutions that make a real difference.
Special features
  • Highly breathable
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
  • Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2025-11-21
  • Absence Declaration DMF (2009/251/EC: Dimethylfumarate)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration ELV (2000/53/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-15
  • Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Nano Materials2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Ozone Depleting Chemicals and F-gasses2025-02-06
  • Absence Declaration PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)2025-04-14
  • Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2025-10-21
  • Absence Declaration Phthalates (2005/84/EC: DEHP, DBP, BBP,DINP,DIDP, DNOP)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Red Phosphorus2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration opBDE (2003/11/EC: Octa- / Pentabromodiphenylether)2023-11-16
  • CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 (INDUSTRIAL USE)2025-01-20
  • Compliance Statement Sanctions and Embargos2025-11-24
  • Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2025-10-21
  • Deforestation Statement, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR)2025-11-03
  • EMRT Statement2025-05-27
  • Food Contact Status Canada (LONO)2024-11-06
  • Food Contact Status Europe Arnitel®2025-09-17
  • Food Contact Status India2023-05-11
  • Food Contact Status MERCOSUR Arnitel®2025-06-24
  • Food Contact Status Singapore2024-02-15
  • Food Contact Status USA Arnitel®2023-04-04
  • Micro Plastics Statement2025-09-22
  • Packaging Declaration EU Decision 97/129/EC (labelling)2024-04-17
  • Packaging, Packaging Waste (EU) 2025/40 and CONEG declaration2025-06-24
  • REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
  • REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
  • RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
  • SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2025-11-06
Processing technology
Extrusion
Applications
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Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
11
cm³/10min
Temperature
230
°C
Load
2.16
kg

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
210
°C

Other properties

Water absorption
130
%
Density
1230
kg/m³

Mechanical properties (TPE)

Tensile modulus
240
MPa
Stress at 5% strain
8
MPa
Stress at 10% strain
11
MPa
Stress at 50% strain
12.5
MPa
Stress at 100% strain
12.5
MPa
Stress at break
16
MPa
Strain at break
>300
%
Nominal strain at break
400
%
Shore D Hardness (3s)
47
-

Applications

Respiratory Tubes

Industry
Healthcare
Material
  • •} Helps to mitigate ventilator acquired pneumonia
  • •} Enables better patient outcomes
  • •} Parts consolidation and cost savings – potential to eliminate the water trap
  • •} Low E&Ls and VOCs (Extractables and Leachables and Volatile Organic Compounds)
  • •} Very high moisture vapor transport out of the tube mitigates rainout
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Wound dressings

Industry
Healthcare
Material
  • •} Best-in-class breathability with the highest MVTR on the market
  • •} Meets or exceeds American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 1670/1671 standards
  • •} Excellent strength, flexibility and long-lasting soft touch and feel
  • •} Flow optimized for advanced extrusion
  • •} Absence of carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic (CMR) substances in compliance with new EU regulations
  • •} Superior chemical resistance that supports a broader range of adhesives in film strip designs
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